Beyond the Light Cone
He wondered if the failure of Quantum Entanglement meant that other parts of the universe could communicate using Quantum Entanglement, and if the changes to the physical rules that acted on the Milky Way Galaxy Thirty Billion Years Ago still existed, did that mean that once the physical rules were changed, they were permanent?
If so, then in which parts of this universe are the true laws of nature, and in which parts are the work of the unknown advanced civilizations mentioned by the Precursor?
And how many such entities exist in the universe? Wouldn't changing the rules really cause the universe to collapse? No one could answer his question.
After discussing the Sky Survey Telescope Array for a while, the crew of the Lyra, under Yue Yuan's guidance, turned their attention to the site selection for the future construction of New Particle Collider, while also planning the next course of the human fleet.
While humanity was preparing to find a region with a high density of stars to set up camp and carry out large-scale construction, somewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy...
This is a starry sky far from any star, devoid of anything but darkness and silence. However, looking around from here, one can still see the dazzling stars, especially the brightest point in the distance. Anyone who has seen a star map of the Milky Way Galaxy knows that that is the cluster of stars at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
However, the view of the Milky Way Galaxy's center from this position is different from how humans observe it from Earth. Here, you can clearly see a galaxy full of stars in the direction of the Milky Way Galaxy's center, but in one other direction, there are very few points of light in the sky.
Clearly, this position is not in the center of the Galactic Disk, because the center of the Galactic Disk would not have such a visual effect. It can be seen that this unknown location is either above or below the Galactic Disk.
It can be considered a place with sparse stars.
Under normal circumstances, such places are rarely visited by civilizations unless one leaves the Milky Way Galaxy, and there are no traces of civilization activity there.
However, it has now been greeted by an uninvited guest.
"Come out, we know you're here." A message bearing clear signs of civilization appeared, seemingly out of nowhere.
Since there is no sound in the universe, the information that can appear with the arrival of uninvited guests must be from other means of information transmission.
If someone were to stare at this starry sky with a telescope, they would discover that a huge warship had appeared out of nowhere after the information appeared and spread to some point in the Void.
It truly appeared out of thin air. Its appearance in the visible universe was without any warning, just like how people often see a stone appear in the hands of someone with nothing at all, using video editing techniques.
Because there was nothing in the void and no reference points, it was difficult to judge the size of the warship with the naked eye. The reason it's called a warship instead of a spaceship is simply because its shape is so beautiful.
The ship's exterior has a streamlined shape that makes people feel restricted at first glance. From a human perspective, its overall color is silver-gray, and there are things that look like Star Gleam on the hull, as if special effects have been added. The overall shape looks like a bar of soap with one end shaved off.
What's strange is that there are no propulsion nozzles on its hull. Instead, there are some flat and recessed grooves at the front, but they don't lead directly into the warship. They are just more recessed than other parts of the ship. They look like small grooves that have been smoothly cut into a bar of soap. I don't know what they are for.
"Aren't you coming out? Do I have to knock on the door?" Seemingly seeing no response, the warship, seemingly enveloped in Star Gleam, sent out the message again.
If a sophisticated detector were observing this place, it would be discovered that whenever this Star Gleam- encased warship "speaks," a regular Gravity Ripple appears in this Void.
Clearly, the information it "speaks" is contained within these Gravity Ripple, or rather, it is "speaking" in the form of Gravitational Wave.
Its voice, like raindrops falling on a calm lake, rippled through the Void and then spread at the speed of light to every corner of this star field.
The warship seemed to have excellent control over the "voice". The Gravity Ripple it released were so weak that they were barely perceptible after extending a certain distance in space and time, yet they covered the entire area of the starry sky just right.
This is quite similar to the situation on Earth where you can't hear people speaking from afar.
"Are you really forcing me to take action before you come out? If that's the case..."
The warship, enveloped in Star Gleam, seemed somewhat impatient and called out again. However, before it could finish speaking, it suddenly disappeared from the visible universe. When it reappeared, it was several Astronomical Unit away.
At the same time, a Black Lines suddenly appeared where it had disappeared, slicing the brilliant starry background of the Milky Way Galaxy's center, countless light-years away, in two. Of course, the slicing was just an illusion caused by the propagation of light; in reality, the Black Lines only appeared for less than milliseconds before disappearing.
"You dare to come without Escort Ship? Your Silver Heart Alliance has become a bit arrogant this time. Let me put out the fire and let you calm down."
Another message appeared, rippling through the Void, and spreading outwards just like the warship 'speaking' before, which was enveloped in Star Gleam.
Logically speaking, it would take several minutes or even more than ten minutes for the other party to hear the conversation using Gravitational Wave in this way, since the warship enveloped in Star Gleam had moved several Astronomical Unit between disappearing and reappearing.
Although these Gravitational Wave appeared like raindrops falling into a calm lake, they could not possibly be thrown at the other party's face. However, this way of "speaking" was received in real time by the Star Gleam- encased warship.
Without a doubt, the information that this warship was enveloped in Star Gleam was not Ork Logic, but rather something that it possessed a means of detecting such close-range Gravitational Wave ripples.
Of course, the same applies to their ability to communicate; they both possess some kind of long-range detection technology, enabling them to converse with each other in the Void in this way.
Such a conversation is actually quite strange. It's like two people 34,000 meters apart talking without any communication tools. They should have to shout loudly enough for the other to hear them for 100 seconds. However, miraculously, the other heard the moment one of them spoke, before the sound had even traveled a kilometer.
It was as if the information had already been read before it even arrived.
If a civilization with Gravitational Wave detection technology were near either of these two, it would be completely baffled, because it would only receive one of them talking to itself.
These few short sentences and the manner of their dialogue seem to be telling all civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy the story Beyond the Light Cone, but unfortunately no other civilization can see such a sight.
"Finally you've come out~! We're not here to fight, and besides, if we want to leave, you can't stop us."
The warship, enveloped in Star Gleam, seemed unconcerned about the attack. After dodging the blow, it remained motionless in the Void, seemingly certain that the opponent would not strike it again.